Brewery giants, Guinness Nigeria Plc. has announced the elevation of Rotimi Odusola, formerly Legal Director/Company Secretary, to the role of Corporate Relations Director and Company Secretary.
The company announced his appointment alongside that of Isaac Tosu as Supply Chain Director who was until his appointment the Supply Chain Director at Guinness Ghana Breweries (a role he held for four years), Viola Graham-Douglas, formerly Corporate Relations Director to the role of IPS, Reserve and Modern Trade (IRM) Director, and the appointment of Chinwe Odigboegwu, FCIArb as Legal Director for Guinness Nigeria Plc.
Announcing the appointments across its official social media channels, Guinness Nigeria maintains, “All appointments are in line with ensuring company’s long-term growth and competitiveness.”
Rotimi has over two decades of leadership experience in broad multi-functional roles spanning legal practice, corporate and regulatory affairs as well as commercial legal management. He joined Guinness Nigeria as Legal Director in November 2014. Prior to that, he was Senior Manager, Commercial Legal in MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (“MTN Nigeria”). At MTN, he was responsible for providing proactive legal advice and support to the various units of the multinational telecommunications business in Nigeria.
Prior to joining MTN Nigeria, Rotimi was Senior Associate at Aluko & Oyebode, one of Nigeria’s leading commercial law firms, where he was responsible for full legal advisory services to major clients across various industries that included manufacturing, tobacco, agro-allied and food processing, oil and gas, telecommunications, aviation and banking.
He is an alumnus of the Ogun State University, having graduated from there in 1992 where he bagged a degree in Law. He is also an alumnus of the University of Leicester, UK, where he bagged a Master’s in Business Administration.